Hi Sue,
Another important issue is the need to be critical and to analyze scientifically what we read. I recently read the book "Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World", by Carl T. Bergstrom, and Jevin West (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48889983-calling-bullshit), which provides very useful advice and tools to sort out the information that we receive.
Armando